Price's fiscal 2027 storm water budget is $7.1 million, mostly planned flood grants
Price budgeted $7,134,922 for its storm water fund in fiscal 2027, mostly for a Meads Wash BRIC project and federal emergency watershed work. The revenue lines are grants and a loan the budget assumes, and the council approved applications for two of the projects in March.
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Price's storm water fund budget for fiscal 2027 is $7,134,922. The fund's fiscal 2026 estimate was $679,562, and fiscal 2025 actual revenue was $357,938. [1]
Two projects account for most of the planned spending: $5,577,129 on a line labeled Meads Wash BRIC grant and $1,374,793 on an EWP flash flooding project. [1]
Where the money would come from
The budget lists $6,642,284 of intergovernmental revenue: $4,182,847 in FEMA grants, $1,065,155 in USDA/NRCS grants and $1,394,282 on a CIB grant/loan line. [1]
The fiscal 2025 actual column shows $177,320 of USDA/NRCS grant revenue; the fiscal 2026 estimate is $384,524. The fund had no FEMA or CIB revenue in either year. [1]
The emergency watershed project
On March 11, 2026, Councilmember Seeley moved to approve the city's application to the Natural Resources Conservation Service for its EWP Project 2025 flood mitigation improvements. Councilmember Urbanik seconded, and the motion carried, according to the minutes. [3]
The agenda says the total project budget is $1,374,792.72, including a required city match of $309,638. The application in the packet is for the federal Emergency Watershed Protection Program. [2]
At the Feb. 25, 2026 meeting, staff said the city had qualified for funding assistance but the amount was not yet known, according to the minutes. [4]
Meads Wash
Also on March 11, Councilmember Root moved to submit a request for fiscal 2027 Community Project Funding to design and construct a detention and debris basin on Meads Wash to mitigate future flooding damage. Councilmember Miller seconded, and the motion carried. The minutes give no dollar amount. [3]
The March 11 agenda and minutes record the request, not an award. [2][3]
Grant and loan lines in a budget are planned revenue, not confirmed awards or closed financing.
Sources
- Price Municipal Corporation · FY2027 approved budget (Utah State Budget Report), Storm Water Fund
- Price City Council · March 11, 2026 agenda packet
- Price City Council · March 11, 2026 minutes
- Price City Council · Feb. 25, 2026 minutes (in March 11, 2026 packet)
Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.